Stony Brook Grist Mill, c. 1751

Built in 1665, this grist mill included some of the newest innovations of its time. The mill’s owners would continue to update the mill over the next three centuries,including the use of elevators, moving belts, and screw conveyors to make a milling operation more efficient and profitable.

Take your students see applied mechanical engineering at its best! Students perceive how America’s early millers understood math and science and what today’s engineers could learn from their historical predecessors in the field.